Saving Memories
May 7th, 2008
I came back from Washington last week with a head full of memories, my trip journal and a camera full of photos of my family including the parents of the cute grandkids and photos of the beautiful tulips at the tulip festival in Skagit County.
Now what to do with them? I want to remember the trip, the fun and the beauty so I immediately set to work on sending my photos to Costco to have them developed. I like to crop my photos and take out the red eye and sometimes change the color to black and white or sepia. All of this takes time but I keep my eye on my goal and forge ahead. I believe in keeping photos in photo books so they can be looked at and keep the memories alive. By doing one trip at a time it doesn’t become overwhelming.
When I get my photos back in only one hour I slip them in a photo album behind plastic sleeves. I keep the book near my computer to remind me to journal them. I don’t like my hand writing so I type a page of what all the photos are about—where we went and what we did and the dates. Then I type up short blurbs that I insert by the photos. This is very easy and fast. Well fast is a relative word, but it is faster than scrapbooking.
I have to confess this part sometimes doesn’t get done for a few months. Life is just so busy. I have three albums I need to journal. Now I have confessed. Ahhh I will report back to you on my progress—this will give me a goal to work on and soon.
Speaking of scrapbooking I have a friend whose website is Organize 101 and she is passionate about scrapbooking. She has written a book with beautiful pictures and tons of information about scrapbooking. She has given me one of her books to give away free to one lucky reader of my blog. You know how writers foreshadow things that are going to happen in their books, this is what I am doing. Next week I will announce and open up a contest you can enter to win this book.
How do you store your photos and what tips and tricks do you use to keep your photos organized?
May 7th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Marilyn, I would urge you to overcome your dislike of your handwriting enough to offer it as a gift to the following generations. My mother disliked her handwriting also, but there was no alternative in her time. When she died a few years ago, I found her handwritten list of potential baby names for me, which I have kept as a very special memento.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Angela, how sweet of you to urge me to get over my dislike of my handwriting. My family will have all of my personal journals (one a year) and my trip journals all in my own handwriting. But for the photos it looks so much better typed. But I think you are right–I should just get over it, it sure would be a lot faster to journal.
What a truly sweet memory you have of your mothers handwriting.
Thank you for your encouragement!